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Michigan Tech engineering undergraduates who participated in the Kiewit Women's Construction Leadership Seminar. From the left: Erika Harris, Natalie Parker, Rachelle Wiegand, Lauren Krueger, Emily Blaney, Erin Richie and Autumn Storteboom.

Seven Tech Women Chosen for National Construction Leadership Seminar

January 16, 2015
By Monica Lester

Civil and mechanical engineering undergraduate women attend Kiewit Construction Leadership Conference.

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One of the thousands of shots from the day.

The Day of Pictures

December 20, 2014
By Kevin Hodur

Commencement is one of the days where you can't have enough memories. It's years and years of work, dedication, and support, all compressed into two hours. These are a few additional written snapshots from December 20, 2014.

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VPA students designed 3D

2D Designs Become a 3D Reality on the Tech Trails

December 11, 2014
By Jennifer Donovan

Visual and Performing Arts students turn two-dimensional designs into three-dimensional "frames" for nature along the Tech Trails. 

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PCMI computer science graduate student Tim Ward with members of his host community on the island nation of Vanuatu.

Michigan Tech Adds New Peace Corps Master's International Programs in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, GIS

November 20, 2014
By Danny Messinger

Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Master's International Program expands to include computer science, electrical and computer engineering and geographic information systems.

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Undead U: A Zombie Symposium Explores Why Zombies Fascinate Us.

Undead U at Michigan Tech Thursday

October 27, 2014
By Danny Messinger

Zombie experts examine the phenomenon at Undead U: A Zombie Symposium at Michigan Tech this week.  

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Physics PhD student Noopur Sharma

Physics Department Recognized Nationally for Percentage of Women PhDs

October 3, 2014
By Jennifer Donovan

Michigan Tech recognized for percentage of PhDs in Physics earned by women. 

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Employers and students packed the SDC at Tech's largest Career Fair ever.

Fall Career Fair 2014: Students, Employers Ready

October 2, 2014
By Kevin Hodur

The fall Career Fair is bigger than ever: Tech students and employers from around the world came out in droves.

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Michigan Tech senior Paul Hagadone of the Consumer Product Manufacturing Enterprise, which aims to bring clean-burning biochar to wood-fired cook stoves in Benin. A jar of biochar is pictured in front of a student-made biochar kiln. Sarah Bird photo

Black is the New Green: Biochar Beats Wood in Cook Stoves

September 10, 2014
By Marcia Goodrich

Michigan Tech students are working with a company in Benin to make biochar, a smokeless cooking fuel, out of  waste from a palm kernel oil factory.

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Michigan Tech undergraduate education receives high marks.

Michigan Tech Moves Up in US News Undergraduate Rankings

September 9, 2014
By Jennifer Donovan

US News ranks Michigan Tech as one of nation's "Best Colleges."
 

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Neil White visits campus as part of the Reading as Inquiry program

Summer Reading 2014: Neil White and the Outcasts

August 28, 2014
By Kevin Hodur

Neil White came to Michigan Tech to share with entering students his tale of incarceration and change, as told in his book, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts.

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